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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judges of Probate Courts Retirement Fund; increase number of years of mandatory contribution; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund, so as to increase the number of years of mandatory contribution to such fund; to increase the maximum number of years used to calculate benefits; to provide for certain creditable service; to provide for application and payment of funds; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 635"
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citation: "Georgia HB 635 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Epps"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-19"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9c24aaf-61a0-4191-b5f8-0c998e1b366a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fda3d2d891ee3ebee50ef9d4624d3f8a2a33cc3b7c7df837c3309d9d3d53101f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 635 (2015_16) — Judges of Probate Courts Retirement Fund; increase number of years of mandatory contribution; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund, so as to increase the number of years of mandatory contribution to such fund; to increase the maximum number of years used to calculate benefits; to provide for certain creditable service; to provide for application and payment of funds; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 635/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160481.pdf)
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2. **LC 21 3694/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151622.pdf)
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3. **LC 43 0171S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157111.pdf)
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4. **LC 43 0171S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156476.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **128–28** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-19** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 427 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9c24aaf-61a0-4191-b5f8-0c998e1b366a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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